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Astoria Marine Construction Company

December 12, 2023

Astoria Marine Construction (AMCCO) was founded as Astoria Shipbuilding by Joe Dyer is 1929 in Jeffers Gardens of Astoria, Oregon. Joe Dyer's father was a pioneer of early Astoria and operated a family sawmill. Joe Dyer started by building wooden fishing boats at his shipyard. Then added wooden pleasure craft to his product line. Joe Dyer designed and built Columbia River One Design (CROD) boats and boats for the United States Navy.[1] The shipyard was on the east bank of the Lewis and Clark River and the Jeffers Slough.[2] Due to its historical importance the site is on the National Register of Historic Places in Clatsop County, Oregon.[3][4] Astoria Marine Construction shipyard closed in 2013.[2]

Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District
Astoria Marine Construction Company
Astoria Oregon in 2014
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Astoria Marine Construction Company (the United States)
LocationClatsop County, Oregon, US
Nearest cityAstoria, Oregon
Coordinates46°08′41″N 123°51′45″W / 46.144722°N 123.862500°W / 46.144722; -123.862500
Area7.2 acres (2.9 ha)
Built1929
NRHP reference No.13001058
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 2014
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Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District

History edit

Before starting his shipyard, Joe Dyer (1898–1974) was given a contract to build 12 Bristol Bay sailing gill-netters in 1924. Joe Dyer partnered with Acme (Ac) Mansker, and Clair Mansker to build 12 boats, calling the firm Astoria Shipbuilding in 1929. Together they built a new 7.2 acre shipyard. The yard grew, Astoria Shipbuilding built the Arrow No. 2 Astoria's river pilot boat. In 1926 Ac Mansker and his family departed the firm and moved to Puget Sound. Ac Mansker later worked as a superintendent at Bellingham Shipyards and later Todd Shipyards in Seattle. In addition to building wooden boats, Dyer added metal sheet, called ice sheathing to the bows of wooden cargo ships, to protect the hull in iced ports.[1][2][5]

Tourist III edit

In 1931 Dyer received his first large project, the design and construction of a 120-foot car ferry, called the Tourist III run by Captain Fritz Elving. The Tourist III operated for the Astoria-North Beach Ferry Company, on the Astoria – North shore route. Dyer leased a shipway at the Port of Astoria to build the large Tourist III and hired a crew. Tourist III was built in 90 days, so good a ship it put its rival Columbia Transportation out of action in two years. Tourist III was 109 ft (33.22 m) long, 233 tons, with a capacity of: 28 automobiles, 280 passengers. Tourist III ferry service started on July 4, 1931. The Tourist III Astoria run ended in 1966 as the Astoria – Megler Bridge was built. The Tourist III was taken to Kodiak, Alaska and was used as a floating crab-processing plant.[6][7][1][2]

Great Depression edit

Columbia River One Design edit

The Great Depression was difficult on Astoria Shipbuilding Company, but the firm survived. Columbia River Yachting Association contacted the shipyard to design and build a one-class racing and cruising sloop in 1934. The Columbia River One Design (CROD) became the standard for the Astoria regatta races for the next thirty years. The shipyard built five Columbia River One Design (CROD) and due to the depression sold four CRODs as kits between 1934 and 1940.[8] The second CROD built, CROD No. 2, named Jean II was sold to Dean Webster of Portland, Oregon, he won first in class in the Pacific International Yachting Association race. After World War II Dyer built three more CRODs, including one for himself Joe's own boat, called Tom Tom after his son, that was passed down to his son. Astoria Shipbuilding built 12 Columbia River One Design (CROD), the 28-foot sloops became a classic. Columbia River One Design hulls 1 and 2 were donated to the Columbia River Maritime Museum.[2][9][10]

  • Columbia river one design: [11]
    • Length 27.83 feet
    • Beam 8.83 feet
    • Draft 2.33 feet, Maximum draft 5 feet
    • Sail area at max 344 sq. feet
    • Monohull keel with centerboard wood
    • Waterline length 24 ft
    • Displacement 7,000 lbs
    • Ballast 950 lbs
    • Hull speed 6.56 knots (had back up Westerbeke Universal gasoline engine with 20-gallon tank)

Great depression boats edit

 
E Lester Jones built by Astoria Marine in 1938

In 1935, naval architect John Omundse joined the firm. In 1935 Dyer built a 36-foot express cruiser, Joanne, for A. N. Prouty, a local mill owner, also a luxurious 50-footer, Phantom with twin V-8 for Dr. Wallace Haworth of Portland. In 1938 Dyer built a 47-foot boat the Evening Star for Portland businessman Milt Henderson. In 1938, Dyer built a 52-foot gaff-rigged schooner, Pagan, for Edward Hefty. In 1938 Astoria Marine won a contract with United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to build an 88-foot survey ship, the E Lester Jones out of pressure-treated wood. The wood was pressure-treated at a plant in Wauna, Oregon. Heine Dole a new engineer with Astoria Marine was key in overseeing the project.[2]

 
USS Osprey (AMS-28) built by Astoria Marine in 1944

World War II edit

To support the World War II effort, Astoria Marine Construction built boats for the United States Navy and United States Army. At its peak in 1943, Astoria Marine Construction had over 1,500 workers. Dyer improved an East Coast Navy designed Minesweepers. Astoria Shipbuilding Company won on April 1, 1941, a $1,312,000 contract to build four minesweepers. Astoria Marine Construction built a new shipyard for the minesweeper assembly line at a Port of Astoria facility. Other orders were given to Astoria Shipbuilding. Astoria Marine operated three-yard during the war: Lewis and Clark River, Astoria Port Docks, and Tongue Point yard. Astoria Marine also converted 50 escort carriers and 56 ammunition ships for the war efforts.[1][12][13][2]

For the US Navy Astoria Marine Construction built:[12]


For the US Army Astoria Marine Construction built:

Post War II edit

 
NOAAS Oregon built by Astoria Marine in 1946

Astoria Marine Construction built 79-foot trawlers including the Trask and the Shirley Lee. Astoria Marine Construction built a 58-foot seiner without an order and took two years to sell. Dyer built a CROD, the Tom Tom for himself in 1945. Astoria Marine Construction worked the reserve fleet at Tongue Point. For the Navy, and National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria Marine Construction worked on "mothballing" ships and boats. Astoria Marine was able to rent two Auxiliary Repair Docks (ARD) Auxiliary floating drydock to repair large ships and boats.[2] NOAAS Oregon was built in 1946 under a US contract with Reconstruction Finance Corporation, to help with the shortage of fishing boats after the war. Many good fishing boats had been used for patrol boats. In 1949 she was acquired by the United States Department of the Interior for fish and wildlife work. In 1970 Oregon was acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and used the Oregon for 10 years.[14]

 
Onversaagd-class minesweeper, Astoria Marine built three of this class in 1952

Korean War edit

Astoria Marine Construction won the contract to build new Agile-class minesweeper minesweepers with less iron (non-magnetic), less likely to set off new naval mines used in the Korean War. The first contract was for two ships, AM 480, the USS Dash, and AM 481, the USS Detector with aluminum engines. Next Astoria Marine Construction received an order for three more Onversaagd-class minesweepers for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Astoria Marine de-mothballed ships and boats in the reserve fleet, so they could be used for the war.[2] After the war the yard built fishing vessels and tug boats and repaired boats. In 1957 Astoria Marine Construction built the grand 39-foot Cutter Yacht Patronilla, for Bill Forrest. In 1966 the last grand Yacht built was the 39 -foot, Jeanne Elizabeth, for Leah Pierce.[15]

  • Korean War ships:

Joseph M. Dyer edit

Joseph M. Dyer was born in 1898, in South Bend, Washington. His father ran a small family sawmill. The family moved to Astoria, Oregon on Columbia River when Joe was young. His father became the manager of Clatsop Mill on Scow Bay at 13th and Exchange Street. His father died when Joe was fourteen in 1912. As a young boy, Joe would hang around Tim Driscoll's boat shop a lower Columbia River boat builder, and fell in love with boat building. Tim L. Driscoll (1870–1967) taught Joe skills he would use later, Driscoll's father-in-law was a Clatsop Indian canoe builder, his father was an English seaman. Driscoll was known for his bowpicker boats, which Dyer would later build also.[16] At 18 Joe joined the United States Navy Reserve and was sent to war. For World War I he serviced on the USS Goldsborough a torpedo boat. He was trained on the Goldsborough and then became a trainer of other new sailors as the Goldsborough patrol the Pacific Northwest coast. In 1918, after the war, Joe took Mechanical Engineering classes at Oregon Agricultural College, now called Oregon State University, and worked repairing fish boats in the summer. He designed buildings that replaced ones lost in the 1922 Astoria, Oregon fire. In 1924, Joe Dyer partnered with the Mansker brothers and started the shipyard. Dyer married Genevieve (Geno) Thompson in 1929, they built a house across the road from the shipyard. Dyer retired in 1964, at age 66, he turned the operations of the shipyard over to the employees. In 1968, he sold the shipyard to its employees, who that wanted to buy it. At the request of a friend, he helped build one last boat, the Mary Carol, a motor yacht for Ed Ross, an advertising executive. Don Fastabend, who started work at the yard in 1950, was the last of the employees who owned part of the shipyard and ran the yard as a boat repair shop. Fastabend, the last owner of the yard, died in October 2013, the yard closed in 2013. The shipyard records were donated to the Columbia River Maritime Museum.[2][17]

In addition to being a boat builder, Joe Dyer held office in the Oregon legislature. He was a chairman in the local United Way. For his civic work, he was awarded the Astoria's First Citizen Award. Joe Dyer also served as the first chairman of the Oregon State Marine Board. The Board worked with state regulations on pleasure boat activity and safety. Joe Dyer helped start the Columbia River Maritime Museum. Joe died in 1974 at age 76, his wife Geno died in 1983. Dyer's had a son Thomas R. Dyer, who worked in Seattle at a marine consultancy firm and sailed his dad's boat CROD No. 10, Tom Tom. Thomas was Sea Scout, for his group he restored 26-foot whaleboat, later Tom and the yard built a 14-foot |Blue Jay for the group. Tom and the yard built a six 8-foot El Toro that used local yacht club members, some used in El Toro championship races in Youngs Bay.[2][18][17]

The site of the shipyard is on the List of Oregon's Most Endangered Places.

See also edit

External links edit

  • Airal photo of shipyard
  • Photo of a Columbia River One Design boat
  • Photo of Tourist III ferry
  • Photo of Merrimac

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "History of the Columbia River One Design 28". historywithheart.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Astoria Marine Construction Company". historywithheart.com.
  3. ^ Astoria Marine Construction, nps.gov
  4. ^ Astoria Marine Construction , nps.gov
  5. ^ Makovich, Lee. "The Age of Wooden Boat Building." Oregon Coast Magazine, January 1998: 28–32.
  6. ^ Evergreenfleet.com "Tourist III" (accessed 05–26–11).
  7. ^ "Bristol Bay Gillnetter". The Center for Wooden Boats. March 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Columbia River One Design". historywithheart.com.
  9. ^ "The History of Aeolus". historywithheart.com.
  10. ^ "History of Terry". historywithheart.com.
  11. ^ "Columbia river one design – sailboat data sheet". sailboatlab.com.
  12. ^ a b "Astoria Marine Construction".
  13. ^ Astoria histoy, City of Astoria
  14. ^ Anonymous, "AFSC Historical Corner: Oregon, RFC Exploratory Fishing Fleet Vessel," noaa.gov, undated Retrieved August 22, 2018
  15. ^ "PATRONILLA". WoodenBoat Magazine.
  16. ^ "Bowpickers". www.oregonencyclopedia.org.
  17. ^ a b "The Dyer Legacy". historywithheart.com.
  18. ^ Joseph M. Dyer, Astoria Oregon: Culture, Tales and History by Stig M. Johannessen, March 29, 2013

December 12, 2023
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Astoria Marine Construction AMCCO was founded as Astoria Shipbuilding by Joe Dyer is 1929 in Jeffers Gardens of Astoria Oregon Joe Dyer s father was a pioneer of early Astoria and operated a family sawmill Joe Dyer started by building wooden fishing boats at his shipyard Then added wooden pleasure craft to his product line Joe Dyer designed and built Columbia River One Design CROD boats and boats for the United States Navy 1 The shipyard was on the east bank of the Lewis and Clark River and the Jeffers Slough 2 Due to its historical importance the site is on the National Register of Historic Places in Clatsop County Oregon 3 4 Astoria Marine Construction shipyard closed in 2013 2 Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesAstoria Marine Construction Company Astoria Oregon in 2014OnShow map of OregonAstoria Marine Construction Company the United States Show map of the United StatesLocationClatsop County Oregon USNearest cityAstoria OregonCoordinates46 08 41 N 123 51 45 W 46 144722 N 123 862500 W 46 144722 123 862500Area7 2 acres 2 9 ha Built1929NRHP reference No 13001058Added to NRHPJanuary 8 2014 Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic District Contents 1 History 1 1 Tourist III 2 Great Depression 2 1 Columbia River One Design 2 2 Great depression boats 3 World War II 4 Post War II 5 Korean War 6 Joseph M Dyer 7 See also 8 External links 9 ReferencesHistory editBefore starting his shipyard Joe Dyer 1898 1974 was given a contract to build 12 Bristol Bay sailing gill netters in 1924 Joe Dyer partnered with Acme Ac Mansker and Clair Mansker to build 12 boats calling the firm Astoria Shipbuilding in 1929 Together they built a new 7 2 acre shipyard The yard grew Astoria Shipbuilding built the Arrow No 2 Astoria s river pilot boat In 1926 Ac Mansker and his family departed the firm and moved to Puget Sound Ac Mansker later worked as a superintendent at Bellingham Shipyards and later Todd Shipyards in Seattle In addition to building wooden boats Dyer added metal sheet called ice sheathing to the bows of wooden cargo ships to protect the hull in iced ports 1 2 5 Tourist III edit In 1931 Dyer received his first large project the design and construction of a 120 foot car ferry called the Tourist III run by Captain Fritz Elving The Tourist III operated for the Astoria North Beach Ferry Company on the Astoria North shore route Dyer leased a shipway at the Port of Astoria to build the large Tourist III and hired a crew Tourist III was built in 90 days so good a ship it put its rival Columbia Transportation out of action in two years Tourist III was 109 ft 33 22 m long 233 tons with a capacity of 28 automobiles 280 passengers Tourist III ferry service started on July 4 1931 The Tourist III Astoria run ended in 1966 as the Astoria Megler Bridge was built The Tourist III was taken to Kodiak Alaska and was used as a floating crab processing plant 6 7 1 2 Great Depression editColumbia River One Design edit The Great Depression was difficult on Astoria Shipbuilding Company but the firm survived Columbia River Yachting Association contacted the shipyard to design and build a one class racing and cruising sloop in 1934 The Columbia River One Design CROD became the standard for the Astoria regatta races for the next thirty years The shipyard built five Columbia River One Design CROD and due to the depression sold four CRODs as kits between 1934 and 1940 8 The second CROD built CROD No 2 named Jean II was sold to Dean Webster of Portland Oregon he won first in class in the Pacific International Yachting Association race After World War II Dyer built three more CRODs including one for himself Joe s own boat called Tom Tom after his son that was passed down to his son Astoria Shipbuilding built 12 Columbia River One Design CROD the 28 foot sloops became a classic Columbia River One Design hulls 1 and 2 were donated to the Columbia River Maritime Museum 2 9 10 Columbia river one design 11 Length 27 83 feet Beam 8 83 feet Draft 2 33 feet Maximum draft 5 feet Sail area at max 344 sq feet Monohull keel with centerboard wood Waterline length 24 ft Displacement 7 000 lbs Ballast 950 lbs Hull speed 6 56 knots had back up Westerbeke Universal gasoline engine with 20 gallon tank Great depression boats edit nbsp E Lester Jones built by Astoria Marine in 1938In 1935 naval architect John Omundse joined the firm In 1935 Dyer built a 36 foot express cruiser Joanne for A N Prouty a local mill owner also a luxurious 50 footer Phantom with twin V 8 for Dr Wallace Haworth of Portland In 1938 Dyer built a 47 foot boat the Evening Star for Portland businessman Milt Henderson In 1938 Dyer built a 52 foot gaff rigged schooner Pagan for Edward Hefty In 1938 Astoria Marine won a contract with United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to build an 88 foot survey ship the E Lester Jones out of pressure treated wood The wood was pressure treated at a plant in Wauna Oregon Heine Dole a new engineer with Astoria Marine was key in overseeing the project 2 nbsp USS Osprey AMS 28 built by Astoria Marine in 1944World War II editTo support the World War II effort Astoria Marine Construction built boats for the United States Navy and United States Army At its peak in 1943 Astoria Marine Construction had over 1 500 workers Dyer improved an East Coast Navy designed Minesweepers Astoria Shipbuilding Company won on April 1 1941 a 1 312 000 contract to build four minesweepers Astoria Marine Construction built a new shipyard for the minesweeper assembly line at a Port of Astoria facility Other orders were given to Astoria Shipbuilding Astoria Marine operated three yard during the war Lewis and Clark River Astoria Port Docks and Tongue Point yard Astoria Marine also converted 50 escort carriers and 56 ammunition ships for the war efforts 1 12 13 2 For the US Navy Astoria Marine Construction built 12 YMS 1 type 137 foot Minesweepers YMS 135 subclass Minesweepers like USS Osprey AMS 28 and USS Minah AMc 204 YP 623 type 128 foot Patrol Craft like PCS 1465For the US Army Astoria Marine Construction built MTL Tugboats a Type V ship Motor Launch World War II boats Boat Owner Type Tons Feet long Delivery date FateYMS 100 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 20 Jun 42 To the USSR 1945 as T 602YMS 101 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 17 Jul 42 Struck 1946YMS 102 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 22 Aug 42 Struck 1947YMS 103 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 19 Sep 42 Mined off Okinawa and lost 1945YMS 135 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 20 Feb 43 To the USSR 1945 as T 606YMS 136 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 19 Mar 43 Renamed AMS 46 to Brazil 1960 as Jutai M14 struck 1969YMS 137 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 17 Apr 43 Britain as BYMS 2137 in 1943 to Italy 1947 as Orchida then CalistoYMS 138 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 7 Jun 43 To Thailand 1947 as Ladea YMS 139 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 24 Jun 43 To the USSR 1945 as T 594YMS 140 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 12 Aug 43 Sold private 1946 as Salvor later Salvage Queen and ClearwaterYMS 141 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 28 Aug 43 Britain BYMS 2141 in 1943 to Italy 1947 as Dalia struck 1966YMS 142 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 137 30 Sep 43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2142 to Italy 1947 as Azalea struck 1966MTL 1057 US Army Tug 47 Oct 43 Ship design 324 A 12 ft beam Diesel 260 shpMTL 1058 US Army Tug 47 Oct 43MTL 1059 US Army Tug 47 Oct 43MTL 1060 US Army Tug 47 Oct 43MTL 1061 US Army Tug 46 Nov 43 Ship design 410MTL 1062 US Army Tug 46 Nov 43MTL 1063 US Army Tug 46 Nov 43MTL 1064 US Army Tug 46 Nov 43MTL 1065 US Army Tug 46 Nov 43MTL 1066 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43MTL 1067 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43MTL 1068 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43MTL 1069 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43MTL 1070 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43MTL 1071 US Army Tug 46 Dec 43YT 312 US Navy Tug 70 1943 44 Destroyed 1948YT 313 US Navy Tug 70 1943 44 Sold 1946YT 314 US Navy Tug 70 1943 44 Sold 1947YT 315 US Navy Tug 70 1943 44 SoldPCS 1464 US Navy Minesweeper 338d 136 8 Jan 44 became Medrick AMc 203 to MARAD in 1948PCS 1465 US Navy Minesweeper 338d 136 15 Feb 44 became USS Minah AMc 204 then AMCU 14 MHC 14 sold 1960YMS 422 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 27 Sep 44 renamed Osprey AMS 28 to Japan 1955 as Yakushima YTE 10 YMS 423 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 25 Oct 44 To South Korea 1948 as Kaya San sunk 1949YMS 424 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 24 Nov 44 Lost 1945YMS 425 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 21 Dec 44 renamed USS Siskin scrapped 1968YMS 426 US Navy Minesweeper 278d 21 Dec 44 renamed in 1947 to Siskin AMS 58 scrapped 1968YP 623 US Navy Patrol Craft 128 1944 To MARAD in 1947YP 624 US Navy Patrol Craft 128 1944 To MARAD in 1947Post War II edit nbsp NOAAS Oregon built by Astoria Marine in 1946Astoria Marine Construction built 79 foot trawlers including the Trask and the Shirley Lee Astoria Marine Construction built a 58 foot seiner without an order and took two years to sell Dyer built a CROD the Tom Tom for himself in 1945 Astoria Marine Construction worked the reserve fleet at Tongue Point For the Navy and National Defense Reserve Fleet Astoria Marine Construction worked on mothballing ships and boats Astoria Marine was able to rent two Auxiliary Repair Docks ARD Auxiliary floating drydock to repair large ships and boats 2 NOAAS Oregon was built in 1946 under a US contract with Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help with the shortage of fishing boats after the war Many good fishing boats had been used for patrol boats In 1949 she was acquired by the United States Department of the Interior for fish and wildlife work In 1970 Oregon was acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and used the Oregon for 10 years 14 nbsp Onversaagd class minesweeper Astoria Marine built three of this class in 1952Korean War editAstoria Marine Construction won the contract to build new Agile class minesweeper minesweepers with less iron non magnetic less likely to set off new naval mines used in the Korean War The first contract was for two ships AM 480 the USS Dash and AM 481 the USS Detector with aluminum engines Next Astoria Marine Construction received an order for three more Onversaagd class minesweepers for the Royal Netherlands Navy Astoria Marine de mothballed ships and boats in the reserve fleet so they could be used for the war 2 After the war the yard built fishing vessels and tug boats and repaired boats In 1957 Astoria Marine Construction built the grand 39 foot Cutter Yacht Patronilla for Bill Forrest In 1966 the last grand Yacht built was the 39 foot Jeanne Elizabeth for Leah Pierce 15 Korean War ships ID Name owner Type Tons Feet long Delivery date FateMSO 428 USS Dash U S Navy Minesweeper 780d 172 14 Aug 53 Scrapped 1983MSO 429 USS Detector U S Navy Minesweeper 780d 172 26 Jan 54 Scrapped 1983MSO 480 Onversaagd U S Navy Minesweeper 780d 172 19 May 54 To the Netherlands as M 884 scrapped 1979MSO 481 Onvevreesde U S Navy Minesweeper 780d 172 21 Sep 54 To the Netherlands as M 885 scrapped 1989MSO 482 Onverschrokken U S Navy Minesweeper 780d 172 18 Jan 55 To the Netherlands as M 886 torpedo trials ship 1972Joseph M Dyer editJoseph M Dyer was born in 1898 in South Bend Washington His father ran a small family sawmill The family moved to Astoria Oregon on Columbia River when Joe was young His father became the manager of Clatsop Mill on Scow Bay at 13th and Exchange Street His father died when Joe was fourteen in 1912 As a young boy Joe would hang around Tim Driscoll s boat shop a lower Columbia River boat builder and fell in love with boat building Tim L Driscoll 1870 1967 taught Joe skills he would use later Driscoll s father in law was a Clatsop Indian canoe builder his father was an English seaman Driscoll was known for his bowpicker boats which Dyer would later build also 16 At 18 Joe joined the United States Navy Reserve and was sent to war For World War I he serviced on the USS Goldsborough a torpedo boat He was trained on the Goldsborough and then became a trainer of other new sailors as the Goldsborough patrol the Pacific Northwest coast In 1918 after the war Joe took Mechanical Engineering classes at Oregon Agricultural College now called Oregon State University and worked repairing fish boats in the summer He designed buildings that replaced ones lost in the 1922 Astoria Oregon fire In 1924 Joe Dyer partnered with the Mansker brothers and started the shipyard Dyer married Genevieve Geno Thompson in 1929 they built a house across the road from the shipyard Dyer retired in 1964 at age 66 he turned the operations of the shipyard over to the employees In 1968 he sold the shipyard to its employees who that wanted to buy it At the request of a friend he helped build one last boat the Mary Carol a motor yacht for Ed Ross an advertising executive Don Fastabend who started work at the yard in 1950 was the last of the employees who owned part of the shipyard and ran the yard as a boat repair shop Fastabend the last owner of the yard died in October 2013 the yard closed in 2013 The shipyard records were donated to the Columbia River Maritime Museum 2 17 In addition to being a boat builder Joe Dyer held office in the Oregon legislature He was a chairman in the local United Way For his civic work he was awarded the Astoria s First Citizen Award Joe Dyer also served as the first chairman of the Oregon State Marine Board The Board worked with state regulations on pleasure boat activity and safety Joe Dyer helped start the Columbia River Maritime Museum Joe died in 1974 at age 76 his wife Geno died in 1983 Dyer s had a son Thomas R Dyer who worked in Seattle at a marine consultancy firm and sailed his dad s boat CROD No 10 Tom Tom Thomas was Sea Scout for his group he restored 26 foot whaleboat later Tom and the yard built a 14 foot Blue Jay for the group Tom and the yard built a six 8 foot El Toro that used local yacht club members some used in El Toro championship races in Youngs Bay 2 18 17 The site of the shipyard is on the List of Oregon s Most Endangered Places See also editList of auxiliaries of the United States Navy Wooden boats of World War 2External links editAiral photo of shipyard Photo of a Columbia River One Design boat Photo of Tourist III ferry Photo of MerrimacReferences edit a b c d History of the Columbia River One Design 28 historywithheart com a b c d e f g h i j k Astoria Marine Construction Company historywithheart com Astoria Marine Construction nps gov Astoria Marine Construction nps gov Makovich Lee The Age of Wooden Boat Building Oregon Coast Magazine January 1998 28 32 Evergreenfleet com Tourist III accessed 05 26 11 Bristol Bay Gillnetter The Center for Wooden Boats March 29 2019 Columbia River One Design historywithheart com The History of Aeolus historywithheart com History of Terry historywithheart com Columbia river one design sailboat data sheet sailboatlab com a b Astoria Marine Construction Astoria histoy City of Astoria Anonymous AFSC Historical Corner Oregon RFC Exploratory Fishing Fleet Vessel noaa gov undated Retrieved August 22 2018 PATRONILLA WoodenBoat Magazine Bowpickers www oregonencyclopedia org a b The Dyer Legacy historywithheart com Joseph M Dyer Astoria Oregon Culture Tales and History by Stig M Johannessen March 29 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Astoria Marine Construction Company amp oldid 1174961591, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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